Thursday, October 6, 2011

Power House Visit

So we visited the powerhouse and showcased what we had been working on all week. Unfortunately our model didn't work as well as it had been before, but the video we showed still seem to portray what we were thinking. We got some great feedback about the high structure and repeatability of the design as a negative and should consider really going for the wow factor. The house was not quite what I was expecting as everything is unstructured and the powerhouse loves novel ideas. At least the problem we received was open ended, leaving for plenty of room for innovation. I really like the solar hot water heating design and would like to continue with that moving forward. One thought would be to change the dimensions for each of the modules so its not so square and repeatable. When each one changes with the sun the array would look like a family (some fat, some tall) all rotating at the same time in a synchronized way.

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